Calculus Applied!

In this course, we go beyond the calculus textbook, working with practitioners in social, life, and physical sciences to understand how calculus and mathematical models play a role in their work.

Through a series of case studies, you’ll learn about a wide range of applications, from predator-prey models to how statisticians use functions to model data.

With real practitioners as your guide, you’ll get hands-on experience with data and graphs, equations, calculus computations, and educated guesses and predictions.

This course provides a unique supplement to a course in single-variable calculus. Key topics include the application of derivatives, integrals and differential equations, mathematical models and parameters.

This course is for anyone who has completed or is currently taking a single-variable calculus course (differential and integral), at the high school (AP or IB) or college/university level. You will need to be familiar with the basics of derivatives, integrals, and differential equations, as well as functions involving polynomials, exponentials, and logarithms.

This is a course to learn applications of calculus to other fields, and NOT a course to learn the basics of calculus. Whether you’re a student who has just finished an introductory calculus course or a teacher looking for more authentic examples for your classroom, there is something for you, and we hope you’ll join us!

The course will be delivered via edX and connect learners around the world.

Prerequisites
Single-variable Calculus (derivatives, integrals and basics of differential equations); College or AP/IB High School Level